Best Friends Animal Society2023年年度报告.pdf

1、Best Friends Animal Society2023 Annual ReportDomineoThe past year for Best Friends was filled with many notable accomplishments and significant“firsts”in advancements toward our organizational goal of leading the country to no-kill in 2025.The idea of putting your organization on the line for a spec

2、ific and very significant milestone in our mission to“bring about a time when there are no more homeless pets”is in itself notable because it is so out of the norm for cause-related organizations to hold themselves publicly accountable in such a way.Its akin to Babe Ruths legendary“called shot”in th

3、e third game of the 1932 World Series when,with the game tied in the fourth inning and the count two balls and two strikes,he pointed to the center field stands and belted the next pitch for a home run right to where he had pointed!If we dont hold ourselves accountable to specific goals,then we woul

4、d be doing a disservice to our supporters and,most importantly,to the animals whom we have stepped forward to serve.Unfocused,generic good works for the animals are important and make a difference in the lives of many creatures.But Best Friends has chosen a specific path with a very narrow focus bec

5、ause the killing of our best friends in Americas shelters has gone on for too long and it must stop.Unlike“the Bambino,”we arent playing a game.Lives are on the line,and time is of the essence.At our 2016 Best Friends National Conference,Julie Castle,not yet in her role as CEO(that would come about

6、two years later),planted a stake in the ground to work with our partner organizations across the country to end the killing of healthy and treatable pets in shelters regardless of age or appearance.The no-kill philosophy and the accompanying vision for the country expressed in our 2025 campaign was